The automaker said commodity and exchange rate costs cut into its bottom line in 2017, and the company continues to expect lower earnings in 2018 as it works to transform itself into a mobility enterprise of the future.

Edmunds estimates that new car and truck sales in November will jump 3.5% from last year to more than 1.4 million. That's because dealers have been priming drivers to buy all month long with early Black Friday savings.

As Kelley Blue Book reminds us, a global economy means any product can be made anywhere. The days of calling a car 'American,' 'German' or 'Japanese' based on the company name alone are over. So is it an illusion that you're driving an 'American' car?